Motor Vehicle Workspace with Enhanced Privacy

2. The transportation vehicle of claim 1 wherein the estimating a discernibility of the audio content is comprised of determining a sound attenuation from the interior to the external location, determining a remote sound level according to the interior sound level and the sound attenuation, and comparing the remote sound level to a discernibility threshold of the pedestrian.

3. The transportation vehicle of claim 1 wherein the estimating a discernibility of the audio content is comprised of determining a sound attenuation between the interior and the external location, determining an internal audio threshold according to a discernibility threshold of the pedestrian and the sound attenuation, and comparing the interior sound level to the internal audio threshold.

4. The transportation vehicle of claim 1 wherein the estimating a discernibility of the audio content is comprised of determining a sound attenuation between the interior and the exterior, determining a threshold distance from the vehicle at which a remote sound level of the audio content drops to a discernibility threshold according to the sound attenuation and the interior sound level, and comparing a relative distance of the pedestrian to the threshold distance.

5. The transportation vehicle of claim 1 wherein the interior sound level is comprised of a peak level during a predetermined time span.

6. The transportation vehicle of claim 5 wherein the interior sound level is measured from a microphone signal from the internal microphone or from an audio signal fed to the internal speaker.

7. The transportation vehicle of claim 1 wherein the estimating a discernibility of the audio content is comprised of determining a sound attenuation at least partially in response to a position of a door, a window, or a moonroof.

8. The transportation vehicle of claim 1 wherein the control circuit is configured to activate the sound exciter only when a privacy mode is activated.

9. The transportation vehicle of claim 8 wherein the privacy mode is activated according to a manual activation, a scheduled time for the teleconference, a predetermined list of participants, or a spoken keyword.

10. The transportation vehicle of claim 1 wherein the masking noise is comprised of randomized sound over a frequency band corresponding to the audio content of the teleconference.

11. The transportation vehicle of claim 1 wherein the control circuit is configured to host separate teleconferences according to a plurality of zones in the interior simultaneously, wherein the internal microphone is included within a plurality of microphones, and wherein each microphone is focused to a respective one of the zones.

12. The transportation vehicle of claim 1 wherein the sound exciter is comprised of a directional sound generator.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the step of estimating the discernibility of the audio content is comprised of determining a sound attenuation from the interior to the external location, determining a remote sound level according to the interior sound level and the sound attenuation, and comparing the remote sound level to a discernibility threshold of the pedestrian.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein the step of estimating the discernibility of the audio content is comprised of determining a sound attenuation between the interior and the external location, determining an internal audio threshold according to a discernibility threshold of the pedestrian and the sound attenuation, and comparing the interior sound level to the internal audio threshold.

16. The method of claim 13 wherein the step of estimating the discernibility of the audio content is comprised of determining a sound attenuation between the interior and the exterior, determining a threshold distance from the vehicle at which a remote sound level of the audio content drops to a discernibility threshold according to the sound attenuation and the interior sound level, and comparing the relative distance of the pedestrian to the threshold distance.

17. The method of claim 13 wherein the interior sound level is comprised of a peak level during a predetermined time span.

18. The method of claim 13 wherein the masking noise is comprised of randomized sound over a frequency band corresponding to the audio content of the teleconference.

19. The method of claim 13 wherein the activating step is comprised of a manual activation, a scheduled time for the teleconference, a predetermined list of participants, or a spoken keyword.

20. The method of claim 13 wherein the step of estimating the discernibility of the audio content is comprised of determining a sound attenuation at least partially in response to a position of a door, a window, or a moonroof.